FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1986
5
JAN.-DEC.
JAN,-DEC.
LAST 12 MONTHS
1985
1984
$ MN.
$ MN.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
129 882
(OF TOTAL EXPORTS)
(55.2%)
137 937
(62.3%)
INCREASE OR
DECREASE
$ MN.
- 8 055
%
-
5.8
RE-EXPORTS
105 271
83 504
+21 767
+26.1
TOTAL EXPORTS
235 153
221 441
+13 712
→ 6.2
IMPORTS
231 420
223 370
+ 8 050
+ 3.6
TRADE BALANCE
3 733
1 929
+5 662
CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES FOR DECEMBER
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THE AVERAGE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (A) AND AVERAGE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (B) FOR THE WHOLE YEAR OF 1985, AT 159.8 AND 160.1 RESPECTIVELY, WERE 3.2 PER CENT AND 3.5 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY HIGHER THAN THE AVERAGES FOR 1984, ACCORDING TO FIGURES PUBLISHED TODAY (FRIDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
THE CPI (A) AND CPI (B) FOR DECEMBER 1985 WERE 160.8 AND 161.7 RESPECTIVELY. COMPARED WITH DECEMBER 1984, CPI (A) ROSE BY 2.7 PER CENT AND CPI (B), BY 3 PER CENT COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1985 AND BEARING IN MIND THAT THIS COMPARISON MAY BE AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, BOTH CPI (A) AND CPI (B) INCREASED BY 0.1 PER CENT.
DURING THE THREE-MONTH PERIOD ENDED DECEMBER 1985, THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED CPI (A) INCREASED AT AN AVERAGE RATE OF 0.1 PER CENT PER MONTH AND THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED CP (B), AT 0.2 PER CENT PER MONTH.
DURING DECEMBER RETAIL PRICES OF FRESH SEA PRODUCTS, ELECTRICAL CONSUMER GOODS, TELEVISION SETS AND SOUND EQUIPMENT, AND CHARGES FOR MEALS IN RESTAURANTS AND OTHER EATING PLACES WERE HIGHER,
CHARGES FOR PACKAGE TOURS AND ADMISSION TO NIGHT CLUBS AND DISCOTHEQUES AROUND THE CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS ALSO WENT UP. ON THE OTHER HAND, RETAIL PRICES OF FRESH VEGETABLES, CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR WERE LOWER.
THE CPI (A) AND CPI (B) ARE BASED ON THE EXPENDITURE PATTERNS OF 50 PER CENT AND 30 PER CENT, RESPECTIVELY, OF URBAN HOUSEHOLDS IN HON KONG, WHICH WERE DERIVED FROM THE 1979/80 HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE SURVEY. THE CPI (A) REFERS TO HOUSEHOLDS SPENDING BETWEEN $1 000 AND $ 400 A MONTH AT THAT TIME, AND THE CPI (B), BETWEEN $3 500 AND $6 400 A MONTH.
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